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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following elements did NOT add to the ambiance of the evening the first time Jonathan and Ruby made love?

2. What is Richard's reaction to the social upheavals at the university where he teaches?

3. How old is Catherine?

4. In what year did Antoina's family immigrate to America?

5. How old was Tati when he died?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Juliet die, and what is Christopher's reaction to the death?

2. What clues does the text give as to Richard's age?

3. What happens to Linnaeus on his way back home at the end of the story?

4. What is the emotional state of Jonathan and Ruby's relationship at the end of the story - when they are both in their fifties?

5. How did Antonia's life change in the 1970s?

6. How did Jonathan and Ruby treat each other once they returned to the mainland?

7. How did Richard manage to obtain a handwritten letter from his idol, Mendel?

8. What physical state is Linnaeus in?

9. How did Jonathan and Ruby end up on the island together in the story "The Littoral Zone"?

10. What is Sara Anne's intelligence level for a woman of her time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The structure and narration of the story "The Marburg Sisters" has a huge impact on the way the reader understands the confusing and sometimes convoluted story. First, describe the narration and structure styles of the story and the rhetoric effect such structural choices have on the story as a whole. Then, explain whether or not you believe Barrett's stylistic choices were successful and why. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 2

All throughout his life in the story "Birds with no Feet" scientist Carrière has been faced with many personal setbacks. First, create a timeline chronicling the setbacks that affected Carrière's career. Then, describe Carrière's reaction to these setbacks and how explain how Carrière's reaction compares / contrasts to his idol, Wallace's reactions. Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

Essay Topic 3

In the story "The Marburg Sisters" Bianca and Rose have a very close bond as children, but that bond begins to deteriorate as the girls age. First, describe the girls' relationship as children and compare / contrast that to their relationship as adults. Then, choose two major events in the girls' lives and explain how these events affected their relationship? What was the state of the sisters' relationship at the end of the story? Be sure to include examples from the text to help strengthen your arguments.

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